Wendy M. Christensen, Ph.D.
456 Raubinger Hall, 300 Pompton Rd.William Paterson UniversityWayne, NJ 07470(973) 720-3937ChristensenW@wpunj.eduwww.wendyphd.weebly.com
Employment:
2012 Assistant Professor, Department of SociologyWilliam Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey2010-12 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and AnthropologyBowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine
Education:
2010
Ph.D.
Sociology, University of Wisconsin–MadisonDissertation:
Mobilizing Military Motherhood: Negotiating Support, Activism and Politics in the U.S. War on Terrorism
Committee: Myra Marx Ferree (Chair), Mustafa Emirbayer, CameronMacdonald, Pamela Oliver, and Aili Mari Tripp2004
M.S.
, Sociology, University of Wisconsin–Madison2002
B.A.
, Sociology with Honors (Magna cum Laude)State University of New York at Stony Brook–Stony Brook, NY
Research & Teaching Interests:
Social theory, research methods, political sociology, social movements, social inequality,sociology of gender, sociology of the family, war and military, sociology of culture, newsmedia, and Internet communications technology.
Publications:
Peer-Reviewed Publications:
Christensen, Wendy M. 2009. “Technological Boundaries: Defining the Personal and thePolitical in Military Mothers’ Online Support Forums,”
Women's Studies Quarterly,
37:1&2Christensen, Wendy M. and Myra Marx Ferree. 2008. “Cowboy of the World? GenderDiscourse and the Iraq War Debate.”
Qualitative Sociology
, 31:3, pp. 287-306
Other Publications:
Christensen, Wendy M. 2013. Review of
Men Who Hate Women and the Women WhoKick Their Asses
Eds. Donna King & Carrie Lee Smith.
Gender & Society
, 27:3Christensen, Wendy M. 2012. “The Kissing Sailor Photograph: An Iconic Image of War, NotRomance.”
Sociological Images: Inspiring Sociological Imaginations Everywhere
. Oct. 5.http://bit.ly/kissingSailorChristensen, Wendy M. 2012. “Torches of Freedom: Women and Smoking Propaganda.”
Sociological Images: Inspiring Sociological Imaginations Everywhere.
Feb. 27.http://bit.ly/SmokingPropaganda
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Christensen, Wendy M. 2011. “United We Buy: Using Patriotism and War to Sell Products.”
Sociological Images: Inspiring Sociological Imaginations Everywhere
and
Boing Boing.net.
Sept.16.
http://bit.ly/UnitedWeBuyChristensen, Wendy M. 2005. Review of
Rampage: The Social Roots of School Shootings
by Katherine Newman. Qualitative Sociology, 28:3Christensen, Wendy M. 2004. “Columbine” in
Men & Masculinities: A Social, Cultural, and Historical Encyclopedia
, Michael S. Kimmel and Amy Aronson (Eds.), ABC-CLIO, Inc.
Articles in Progress:
Christensen, Wendy M. “The Online World as Problematic: Doing Feminist InternetResearch” (under review)Christensen, Wendy M. “The Black Citizen-Subject: African American Single Mothers &Military Recruitment” (submitting spring 2013)Christensen, Wendy M. “The Politics of Foot Powder: Depoliticizing Motherhood duringWartime” (submitting summer 2013)
Fellowships & Awards:
Spring 2011 Gibbons Summer Research Grant ($5000), Bowdoin CollegeSpring 2009 Mary Washburn Willets Award for Excellence in the Social SciencesDepartment of Gender and Women's Studies, UW–MadisonWinter 2007 Dissertation Research Award, Department of Sociology, UW–MadisonFall 2005 & DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Fellowship, Center forSpring 2007 German and European Studies Collaborative Research Seminar: “Gender,Genre and Political Transformations: Interdisciplinary Perspectives” (UW–Madison and University of Minnesota–Twin Cities)
Selected Conference Participation:
Invited Presenter:
2009 “Recruiting Mothers: A Feminist Analysis of How Military Motherhood is Definedby the Military and by Mothers Online” Invited Thematic Panel,
Feminism and Web2.0,
American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Presenter:
2011 “The Politics of Foot Powder: Depoliticizing Motherhood During Wartime”
Miniconference on Military Sociology
, Eastern Sociological Society annualconference, Philadelphia, PA, and in the
Families and the Military
, AmericanSociological Association Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV.2008 “The Gendered Homefront: U.S. Military Mothers and the Work of Separating theWar from the Warrior,” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting,Boston, MA.2008 “The Online World as Problematic: Bringing Institutional Ethnography to theInternet,” Society for the Study of Social Problems Meeting, Boston, MA.
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2007 “The Online World as Problematic: Feminist Internet Methodology,” MidwestSociological Society annual conference, Midwest Sociologists for Women inSociety Conference, Chicago, IL.2007 “Military Mothers Online: Negotiating Support, Activism and Politics in the U.S.War on Terrorism,” Christina Conference on Women’s Studies, European Genderand ICT Symposium, University of Helsinki, Finland.2006 “Our Families, Your Freedom: Constructing Military Motherhood in the U.S. War onTerrorism,” Gender & Political Transformations Conference, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN and the Feminism and War Conference, SyracuseUniversity, Syracuse, NY.2005 “The Cowboy of the World: Gendering Iraq War Discourse,”
Gender & Sexuality inthe Global U.S. Military Empire,
American Sociological Association AnnualMeeting, Philadelphia, PA and at Midwestern Sociological Society annualconference, Minneapolis, MN.
Discussant:
2010
Military Control and Regulation
panel at the
Miniconference on Military Sociology,
Eastern Sociological Society annual conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Organizer:
2009 Professional Workshop,
Web-based Networking: A New Tool for Success inGraduate School
, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, SanFrancisco, CA.2008 Workshop,
Navigating the Mentor/Mentee Relationship,
Sociologists for Women inSociety, Boston, MA.2008 Roundtable Panels, 4th Annual Student Roundtable:
Emerging Scholarship inSociology
, SWS/Association of Black Sociologists, Boston, MA.2007 Panel,
Showcasing Feminist Research at UW–Madison,
Midwest SociologicalSociety annual conference, and the Midwest Sociologists for Women in SocietyConference, Chicago, IL.
Teaching Experience:
Assistant Professor, Lecturer:
Social Movements William Paterson University (Spring 2013)Social Stratification William Paterson University (Fall 2012)Qualitative Methods William Paterson University (Fall 2012, Spring 2013)Introduction to Sociology Bowdoin College (Spring 2012)War and Media (advanced level) Bowdoin College (Spring 2012)Classics of Sociological Theory Bowdoin College (Fall 2011)Sociology of Gender Bowdoin College (Fall 2010, Fall 2011)Sociology of the Family Bowdoin College (Spring 2011)William Paterson University(Summer 2012, Winter 2013)Gender and Politics Bowdoin College (Spring 2011)War and Media (introductory) Bowdoin College (Fall 2010)Methods of Sociological Inquiry UW–Madison (Summer 2009)
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